High-resolution local current measurement of CdTe solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3217-3219

  Yoon, Heayoung P ^a,b   Ruzmetov, Dmitry ^a,b   Haney, Paul M ^a   Leite, Marina S ^a,b   Hamadani, Behrang H ^a   Talin, A Alec ^a   Zhitenev, Nikolai B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe; cross section; EBIC; electron beam induced current; focused ion beam; grain boundary; solar cells; thin film

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION VOLTAGES; CDS; CDTE; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CROSS SECTION; EBIC; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRON-BEAM-INDUCED CURRENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; ION MILLING; LOCAL CURRENT MEASUREMENT; OHMIC METALS; P-TYPE; PHOTOCURRENT CHARACTERISTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS; SOLAR PANELS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHARGE INJECTION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS;

EID: 84869464648     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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